How Useful Is Excel for Google Data Analytics Certification?

I completely agree! Excel is often underrated, even though it helps you understand the logic of working with data even before learning SQL or BI tools. And the best part is that many of the techniques from Excel transfer easily to Tableau or Power BI. It turns out you learn it once and use it everywhere.

Excel is moderately useful in the Google Data Analytics Certification. It's mainly used for:

• Data cleaning

• Basic analysis (with functions like SUM, AVERAGE, COUNTIF)

• Charts and Pivot Tables

You don’t need advanced Excel skills—just basic to intermediate knowledge is enough. It’s a support tool, while SQL and R become more important in later parts of the course.